Call for Help to 209 Times Leads to Iraq Veteran Helping Vietnam Veteran in Distress

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Call for Help to 209 Times Leads to Iraq Veteran Helping Vietnam Veteran in Distress By Frank Gayaldo Lathrop- Vietnam Veteran, 71 year old Paul Childs was feeling at his wits end when he sent a message to 209 Times asking for help. “I need your help to turn in guns I don’t feel safe” read the message received by …

Man Arrested for Shooting At Lodi PD is Marine Who Was Interviewed For Veterans History Project (Video)

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LODI- On November 5, 2019 a man was shot by police after shooting at them upon their arrival to a call for service. Per Lodi PD: “The suspect in this case has been identified as Marco Kimo Aquino (37) of Scotts Valley. Aquino has been booked into the San Joaquin County Jail for attempted murder, assault on a peace officer …

Mayor Michael Tubbs Disrespects Veterans At Veteran Ceremony…Again (Video)

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STOCKTON- In what appears to be the modus operandi for Mayor Michael Tubbs, video has emerged of him completely ignoring the reading of names for lives lost from the area during the Vietnam War at a ceremony in front of the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in 2017. In the video he can be seen playing on his phone rather …

Judge Rules Women Can Now Be Drafted For War

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Late Friday a federal judge ruled that women will now have to register for the Selective Service draft that all men in the United States are required to. This decision comes down after a lawsuit by a group called Coalition for Men, filed a lawsuit claiming only men being forced to register was discriminatory. U.S. District Judge Gray Miller ruled …